Yesterday, at 11am, members of of the Scottish Branch of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice and their solicitor met with Deputy First Minister John Swinney.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed later that there will be an independent public inquiry in Scotland before the end of the year.

Yesterday's announcement will rightly leave bereaved families across the rest of the United Kingdom wondering why this has been announced for Scotland but across the rest of the UK and devolved nations. 

It’s not just the Prime Minister kicking the UK wide inquiry continually into the long grass, but the Welsh Assembly and Northern Irish Executive who are yet to even commit to holding a statutory inquiry into their own handling of the pandemic.

This simply isn’t good enough and it’s time for the UK government, the Welsh Assembly and the Northern Irish Executive to show some leadership and rise to the occasion and ensure statutory inquiries commence before the end of the year within the devolved administrations and for the UK.

If you can help those of us who have lost loved ones across the UK ensure that inquiries are launched into how the UK, Welsh and Northern Irish Governments have handled the pandemic and us get the answers we need please help by:

1)   Writing to your MP by clicking here 

2)   By setting up a monthly donation by clicking here 

3)   By giving a one off donation by clicking here 

4) Sharing our petition link of https://www.change.org/p/hold-a-public-inquiry-into-the-government-s-handling-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-covid19 

If you've lost a loved one to Covid-19 you can join our campaign by clicking here